Squidoo or Hub Pages

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Which have you guys had better results from regarding click through traffic?
#search engine optimization #hub #pages #squidoo
  • Probably Squidoo - but much of a muchness, why not use both? Hubpages I've found get indexed a bit quicker but I prefer the layout and dashboard, etc of Squidoo.
  • Squidoo and Hubpages are just social sites period!

    They have absolutely nothing to do with improving your click-through rate. It's your article, writing, call-to-action, etc that has to do with whether a visitor clicks on your links or not.
  • I use Squidoo simply because you can put way more affiliate links throughout your content. HubPages has too many rules - you can only put one (or maybe two) links in your content and you can't be obvious or blatantly send anyone to your website at the end - ex: "For more info, visit www.example.com". (At least that's my understanding of the rules.) I love Squidoo!
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      I completely agree with this. I have no plans to use either for any other purpose: I can't own or control them, so they have a very limited role to play in my business.
    • This is a good point although some people will use these sites as the money site since they already have the PR and authority. Then you would backlink to your lens. Of course you lose it all if they ever go away or sell out.

      Just 2cents worth...

      I agree with the former but the later is an interesting concept. I know that is something to do with an Ezine Article.
  • To your question,

    I believe that Squidoo will have a better CTR. Why? Because you can add MORE obvious and MORE in number call-for-action links in Squidoo
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    • I just don't see it that way at all.

      Having lots of BIG LINKS means very little..and neither does having MORE of them.

      if that were true then these pages littered with giant flashing BUTTONS would be goldmines for the site owner/affiliate....and I think most of us know they are not.

      To me, its 'Content And Connection' that cause clicks.

      Content that informs the visitor of something they didn't know, and doing it in a way that makes an emotional connection. If you do that right, you can have the tiniest link and still get big CTRs.
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      Bruce
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  • social sites are still good for building linkwheel
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  • I use them both.

  • Thanks everyone!
  • Squidoo is much better to attain the targeted traffic
  • Squidoo is so much more fun and a very good source for traffic.
  • I drive traffic from both to sites of mine. I do feel that HubPages ranks better though.
  • I like Hubpages better than squidoo. I get better clicks with them than squidoo. But your situation can be different, so try to use both of them.

    Andrea
  • in my personal opinion you should go for hubpages. It has given me comparatively better results...
  • It seems like it's 50/50. As usual, no one can agree on anything. Reminds me of my government. Ha!
  • Squidoo is awesome. I have even made some money selling Amazon/ebay products through squidoo. It is great and ranks well in Google.
  • I have many hubs and lenses. In general I seem to get better results with Squidoo. However, I would advise using both if possible.
  • I've had better results from HubPages, but I definitely use both for any important backlinking I'm doing.
  • I will go for squidoo, its already proven.
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    • Who, where, why and how?!
  • my vote is for hubpgaes as its giving me best result and strong backlinks, and there are less spammers on hubpages
  • Squidoo is much more okay. Very user friendly rather than hub pages which is too complicated to use. But try to use both. They are still very helpful.
  • Squidoo is my favorite I've been using it for two years now with great results.
  • Squidoo would be better if you are only going to use one, due to the different options for your links (black boxes, etc.) and also because hubpages only allows you to put a maximum of two links on each hub...and for that, they lace the hub with lots of other advertisements.
  • I prefer squidoo its better for traffic and even its dofollow
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    • Not entirely sure what you mean by this. They aren't JUST social sites. In practice and in definition, they are much more.
  • That's because you are submitting overly promotional blogs. Check the Hubpages FAQ.
  • Squidoo is the best option because you can put way more links throughout your content pointing back to your sites.
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    • Yes, until you abuse it and it ends up getting slapped and loosing authority again.
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  • Given the recent Google changes that are currently significantly affecting sites like HubPages and other content farms, it might be a largely moot point.

    Time to get familiar with PPC.
  • I have had much more success with Squidoo than I have ever had with Hub. As ststed in this thread I feel it is due to the fact that Squidoo is so much less restrictive. Just on a personal note I have much more fun building lenses than hubs and maybe that just shows through in my writing...who knows. Anyway use both like many have said before to link to your main money site
  • I'm getting better results with squidoo and have much more lens than hubs.

    However, they are both loved by the search engines and I would recommend using both of them (and other content-sharing sites like Qassia, RedGage, Bukisa, etc.), as we don't want to put all our eggs in the same basket.
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    • What are you linking to in Bukisa? Last I checked they disallowed self-serving links of any kind, even if it went to a your own website and not a direct aff link.
  • If I want to rank for a keyword on first page of Google should I just build more backlinks to my lenses and hubs? I mean ranking a page on Squidoo or Hub Pages are the same like ranking a website?
    Thanks
  • Both are good for backlinks and passive adsense/impression based income. But you need to diversify and not put all the eggs in one basket.
  • I've found that I get a lot more traffic in general with Squidoo and tend to have a higher CTR from these pages.

    I believe it is because of the type of crowd that it attracts, but more importantly because it allows for much more variety of HTML and CSS, which means that creative use of colors and style can increase the disire to click on a link, especially an image.

    You can do nearly as much on HubPages. Very simplistic design...but it is nice too.
  • Squidoo is pretty good. I haven't tried hub pages yet.
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    • I've heard of great success stories at both places. I began by writing alot for Squidoo. I made an account at HubPages, but I just haven't gotten around to contributing like I'd like to.
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    • I prefer Hubpages.I get some better ranking than Squidoo
  • I like them both and use them more to link building rather than to drive traffic
  • I use both Hub pages and Squidoo, and have to agree Squidoo is easier to use. Hub pages is far picker about content and there are fewer options in terms of layout.
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    • Once again, the "picky" sites are going to be the ones that survive the long haul, especially when Google hammers down on low quality content yet again. Seriously, the garbage sites that manage to rank very high, are slowly being taken over my high quality, low authority sites.

      Besides, IM'ers are notorious for exploiting sites until they get slapped like Squidoo was...then, they complain that the site doesn't bring them traffic anymore because it looses traffic. Simple solution: work within each respective site's TOS, and don't try to game the system.

      "Picky" is good.
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    • Just saw all my duplicate hubs has been tagged as sub-standard. Must say, Hubpages is hard to manipulate. Too much work if you are writing unique article for both Hubpages and your own blog.
  • Squidoo is just more fun so it is what I use rather than Hubpages.
  • Squidoo and Hubpages both are good but i think Squidoo1st
  • I have had luck with both! Squidoo first and hub pages second.
  • If you are picky about the content you place on it, Google will still love it. I haven't done too much recently with Hubpages so I cannot comment on the level of traffic from there, but I do know that Squidoo, when set up properly, can offer some great traffic and search engine rankings to help you get your own money site moving up in the traffic department.

    Best wishes,
    Sylvia
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    • Sylvia,
      You are suggesting Squidoo as a tool to get traffic to your money site, right?
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  • Both are free, do both.
  • Neither. Go for an exact match domain and rank it yourself. Squidoo, Hubpages, etc, are OK if they're not your primary source of income. But I'd still rather get a $3 .info domain, rank it, and not worry about what will happen if Google devalues these sites. (Which they have been doing lately.)
  • I thinks hubpages are annoying as hell and they flag way too much stuff as spam its annoying. I really eally love to rank stuff with squidoo as it kickass for that purpose
  • Some more quantitative stats to consider in comparing the two:

    Alexa Rank (the lower the better):
    Hubpages: 177, Squidoo: 183

    Compete Rank (the lower the better):
    Hubpages: 72, Squidoo: 145

    Compete Unique Visitors:
    Hubpages: 14M, Squidoo: 8.5M

    Also, these numbers will probably gradually adjust down as Google's latest search algorithm updates take firmer hold.
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    • Yeah, link wheel works great if done right!

      Can you share the same between Ezinearticles and Hubpages?! Would like to know.
  • hubpages is suck !!!!

    they only allow 2 links for each post

    you can very easily get banned without any reason....

    just use squidoo mate
  • There are a lots of way to get more traffic but from my experience Squidoo is the better for any website. You can use it.
  • Squidoo is a user interface website which applied the concept of a lens as its primary feature. For example "Everyone's an Expert,"book Godin describes a lens as " light and us what we need to check." Lenses are much like blog posts, except they're on a single subject.
  • Hubpages have soo many rules now and half of my hubs have been taken down so I would definitely say squidoo.
  • I haven't had any hubs taken down on Hubpages, so maybe you should make sure that your content is quality. If you want to put up hubs that don't offer valuable information, then they have no reason to keep you around. All of my hubs have affiliate links (sometimes several) and I've never had close to an issue.

    Also, Hubpages' author subdomains have seen my traffic recover to pre-Panda levels and maybe even higher. We'll see!
  • With Squidoo it's easier to control the look of the lens. I use Hubpages for supposedly high quality links back to my lenses.
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  • Gosh, I never got into Squidoo, but have always done hub pages. I maybe have 12 lenses, but Have well over 100 hubs which (prior to going to subdomains) averaged PR 2 and above. I guess my old backlinks are dead, but I will have to do some more.
  • What works for others might not also work for you, so better try both and see for yourself.
  • I think they both rank just about the same, recently Squidoo Lens and Hub Pages are getting a little more tough about the content of your lens/pages
  • I preferSquidoo is best, as Hubpages has some problem.
  • Squidoo has fewer rules and dofollow backlinks
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    • Hubpages is dofollow also.

      You just need a hubscore of 75 which is super easy to achieve.

      5 to 10 high quality posts and read some others blogs and leave some valuable comments and you will quickly be and stay at 75.
  • Both give more ctr depend upon your content.
  • Squidoo, every time when i searched in Google for any subject, in 1st page i got Squidoo article.

    so, Squidoo its better to get traffic!

    thanks
  • Both are much better, I use both.
  • I have been using Squidoo to good effect. HubPages not yet used, so you can not make a comparison. However, I think with so much to offer a bigger explosion.
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